Display stand



DISPLAY STAND Filed lay 18. 1927 IN VEN TOR.

i BY

` a? ATTORNEK Patented Dec. 18, 1928.

unirse-73m rss 1,695,935, PATENT or Fics CHARLES J. 'VESLEL or PORTLAND, OREGON. y a

DI'SIELAY STAND.

Applicaties med May is,

' This invention'is :directed to a convenientn Ily portable disp-lay stand Idesigned pri4 diiiicult to larrange in piles or's'tacks for dis- -play and sale and are generally hard to arrange i vin convenient` display f and accessi-ble form 'Without requiring considerably ymore space than theirnature Warrants; It is a particular object of the present 1nvention to provide avreadilv portable stand on which a `comparatively large number of such packages may be conveniently ar ranged to support the packages in more or less bulk form in comparatively small space, the packages being readily removed fromthe stand as sition. Y

A further object is to provide a stand in Which the packages, While arranged in superimposed relation, arefnevertheless each readily visible to the purchaser, so that the contents of the packages, owing tothe `char`- acter of the paper employed, may be readily n inspected to permit selection.

A further object is the provision-of a stand of this character Wholly and inexrequired by sale or other dispopensively constructed of' Wire rod ,or the like readily' and inexpensively assembled, ac-

y commodating a comparatively large number of packages in a comparatively small colur ter or shelf space. v

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in ,'ivhich: i

Figure l isa perspective view of the improved stand, a number of packages being shown thereon in dotted outline. n

Figure 2y is a top plan view of the stand. FigureB is a plan of one of the packages constructed more particularly for cooperation With thefstand. f V

The improved standcomprises a base l which, While preferably circular in outline, may Vif desired be of other form. The base includes a diametric base Wire 2 secured at '1927. Serial No. 192,362.

yits ends to the baseand providing ain-anchorage for thelupright or spindle 3 which at'its lower end iis anchored to the brace rod Q in any appropriate manner and pref# erably extends upwardly at right angles to and axially of 4the base. The upright or spindle 3 may of course 'be of any desired height yWith-in the supporting limits ofthe baseand its upper end'lis preferably pointed.

y order toprovide -a shed by whichv the lower-most packages will ,ordinarily be supported free of contact with the rsurf-ace on which the Abase rests, and at the same timel provide for 'further `bracing the upright or spindle 3, there 4are provided additional brace rods indica-ted at 4- vvhich extend preff erably as a single @brace from ,a point onthc base to a .corresponding diametric point on the base, the Ib-race'frocls being ,incl-'ined upwardly from their connection with and relative Vto'thejbase toj-the spindle olr luaright,

meeting the latterat a suflicient' distance above the anchorage of the spindle ori upright to the brace rod 2 to afford an eHective bracing action of said spindle or upright. A plurality of such brace rods 41 are provided, four being shown, and these brace rods at their juncture With the spindle or upright 3 form in their'crossing a central Opening through which the lspindle or upright 3 projects, it being understoodthat the brace rods 4`may be and-'preferably are sel Vcured to the spindle y3 at this point.

In Figure 3 is illustrated a package of the type for Which the display stand is more particularly adapted, this package being in conventional form except that' the margin indicatedv at 5, formed generally in such packages by interfolding the ends thereof,

is forthe purpose of use with the present i I stand provided with an eyelet having an spindleor upright 3vvhen` applying thel packages. l

' The displaystand is designed to be used in storesl Where packagesof the particular type referred to are sold and may be fused to support a number oi such packages. It will be noted -that the packages when provided with the eyelets are assembled in superimposed relation on the spindle or upright 3, the successive packages being vertically oifset in circular form to accommoradiallydisposed with respect to the spindle or upright so that each successive layer of packages will include a comparatively large number of packages, permitting a display stand of compara-tively short height to accommodate a comparatively large number ont packages. Where the packages are applied simply by piercing the fold 5, a particular package may be Withdrawn from the dis play stand by a suit-able pull sulicient to break through the fold. This is not a serious inconvenience as such packages are usually opened and the contents consumed immediately, so that the initial breaking of the envelope is not important. It is preferred, however, that the packages be provided with the eyelet in order to insure that their application on the spindle 'or upright may be at akproper point of the package which would not necessarily follow where the fold was merely pierced.

What I claim to be new is:

l. A display stand comprising a ring-like base, a brace rod extending. diametrically across the ring-like base, an article receiving spindle having its lower end secured to the intermediate portion of the brace rod and extending upwardly therefrom, and a series of additional brace rods extending diametrically across the ring-like base, 'the free ends of the additional brace rods being secured to the ring-like base at diametrically opposite points, the intermediate portions-oi the additional brace rods being'bent and intersecting one another, the intersecting portions of the additional brace rods being secured to the spindle at a point above the lower end thereof.

2. A display stand comprising an open base, a spindle rising from and supported by the base, and brace rods rising from the base and secured to the spindle at a point above the connection of the latter with the base, said brace rods being inclined from thespindle to the base and disposed radially of the spindle, whereby said brace rods form a shed to support a layer ofpackages inclined with respect to the base and' free of the surface on which the base rests.

CHARLES J. viasranr,l y 

